Afghans are pessimistic because of inability of President Ashraf Ghani's coalition government's to form a cabinet after completing 100 days in office.
Pakistan's parliament has approved a constitutional amendment enabling military courts to try civilian terrorism suspects.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani marked his first 100 days in power on January 6, still struggling to form a cabinet with the chief executive of his unity government, Abdullah Abdullah.
A suicide car bomber has struck a European Union police vehicle in Kabul, killing one Afghan passerby.
Reports are just now emerging that a Taliban delegation visited Beijing recently for talks with Chinese officials.
The deadline for the drawdown of foreign forces from Afghanistan has arrived. Only about one-10th of the once 140,000-strong foreign force will be in Afghanistan in 2015 and that number will gradually decrease in the years to follow.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is expected to face challenges in negotiations with the Taliban whose insurgency clouds Afghanistan's future.
In the coming weeks, Pakistan is set to execute hundreds of militants convicted on terrorism-related charges.
Officials say at least 17 people, including women and children, have been killed in separate attacks across Afghanistan.
The Pentagon says four detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. military detention facility have been repatriated to Afghanistan.
Pakistan has executed two militants after it reinstated the death penalty in the wake of an attack on a school that killed more than 140 people, most of them children.
Afghaistan's top soldier is optimistic about embarking on antiterrrorism cooperation with Pakistan.
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